Ceramic Terms
Across
- 4. a separation of glaze from clay during firing
- 6. Fire preliminary firing to harden
- 8. most moisture left clay but still can carve
- 9. undesirable crackle in glaze
- 12. a decomposed granite-type rock with fine particles
- 13. furniture shelves and posts ceramic ware is placed on in kiln
- 16. clay can be manipulated and not crack
- 17. lacking in plasticity
- 19. measures heat at high temperature
- 20. lowest melting compound in a glaze
- 22. a decoration achieved by scratching through color
- 24. forming on the wheel
- 25. hard non-absobent clay white or grey
- 26. a liquid of finely ground materials that melt to be glossy
Down
- 1. a hand method of creating forms with rolls of clay
- 2. high-fire clay no absorbancy
- 3. a furnace made for firing clay
- 5. the ability of a material to soak up water
- 7. hand building using flat pieces of clay
- 10. distortion of form in drying or firing
- 11. clay in liquid suspension
- 14. glazing pottery by immersing it
- 15. to clean the bottom of a glazed piece before firing
- 18. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
- 21. low-fire clay (03) usually red
- 23. a ring on the base of a piece